Do you remember the first time you used the Internet?

Discussion in 'Blazers OT Forum' started by The Professional Fan, Aug 24, 2010.

Moderators: 6

Moderators

  1. BrianFromWA
  2. Chris Craig
  3. Darkwebs
  4. Ed O
  5. PtldPlatypus
  6. SlyPokerDog
Page 2 of 3
  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    71,406
    Likes Received:
    60,103
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    N.E.P.
    OK, now that shit was funny!
     
    THE HCP, Aug 25, 2010
    #21
  2. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    71,406
    Likes Received:
    60,103
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    N.E.P.
    See!!!! This is the proof I needed that you my nerdy friend are an UBER-DORK!!!!
     
    THE HCP, Aug 25, 2010
    #22
  3. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 2010
    Messages:
    50,346
    Likes Received:
    22,532
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Ginger Lynn. woot.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Aug 25, 2010
    #23
  4. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    May 24, 2007
    Messages:
    72,978
    Likes Received:
    10,673
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Never lost a case
    Location:
    Boston Legal
    In 1985 I worked for 3Com and we had a VAX that was on the Usenet network. Usenet was Internet email and news; you'd upload your mail to your local system, it would batch your mail with anyone else's outgoing, wait for some specific time of day, then dial another computer via modem and forward the mail and receive any incoming. It would take 2-3 days for an email to get from west coast to east coast, the mail hopping its way from computer to computer.

    Then we had an intern working for us (3Com) who had an account at Stanford that was on the actual Internet. Email went from west coast to east coast in under a second over that.

    Then guys who had internet access would hook up a Usenet machine to it so maybe you had 3 hops to the internet connected machine and then < 1 second for the mail to get to the east coast and then a few more hops from there via Usenet to the destination.

    My first actual connection to the internet was in the late 1980s through a dialup provider. I accessed email and news running on their computer in a command line window over a modem connection.
     
    Denny Crane, Aug 25, 2010
    #24
  5. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

    Joined:
    Jul 14, 2007
    Messages:
    19,410
    Likes Received:
    169
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Occupation:
    Control Center analyst
    Location:
    Reading, UK
    July 2007.
     
    Colonel Ronan, Aug 25, 2010
    #25
  6. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

    Joined:
    Jul 14, 2007
    Messages:
    19,410
    Likes Received:
    169
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Occupation:
    Control Center analyst
    Location:
    Reading, UK
    Holy shit, Angelfire and Yahoo Chatrooms!
     
    Colonel Ronan, Aug 25, 2010
    #26
  7. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    22,811
    Likes Received:
    29,548
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Would have been 06. I do remember the very first Web site I visited was nba.com!
     
    crandc, Aug 25, 2010
    #27
  8. andalusian

    andalusian Season - Restarted

    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2008
    Messages:
    15,248
    Likes Received:
    14,675
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    San Marcos, CA
    '88 I used Usenet on Vax computers. Had done work on large networks 2 years earlier - but these were private networks, not connected to the Internet.
     
    andalusian, Aug 25, 2010
    #28
  9. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2008
    Messages:
    4,153
    Likes Received:
    47
    Trophy Points:
    48
    Location:
    NoPo
    I believe it was at a friends house back in 95' or 96'?
    We had AT&T dial-up if i remember correctly. I remember using IRC a lot back in the day.
    Found out about the Columbine shootings in Grant HS's library(NEP). Netscape/Cnn.com
     
    Rodolfo, Aug 25, 2010
    #29
  10. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    22,811
    Likes Received:
    29,548
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Crap. I said 06, meant 96. The heat melted my brain.
     
    crandc, Aug 25, 2010
    #30
  11. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    26,226
    Likes Received:
    14,407
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    User Interface Designer
    Location:
    Hello darkness, my old friend
    I wish. I don't generally have the tech savvy to be a nerd, dork or geek.
     
    Minstrel, Aug 25, 2010
    #31
  12. andalusian

    andalusian Season - Restarted

    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2008
    Messages:
    15,248
    Likes Received:
    14,675
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    San Marcos, CA
    Any of you young dorks ever experience the brilliance of that Usenet Oracle? Still the greatest invention the internet ever brought to human kind...
     
    andalusian, Aug 25, 2010
    #32
  13. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    94,038
    Likes Received:
    57,183
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    I think I first logged onto AOL in like 96. It was amazing to sign into the NBA chatroom and talk hoops.

    A/S/L?
     
    Natebishop3, Aug 25, 2010
    #33
  14. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2008
    Messages:
    26,096
    Likes Received:
    9,073
    Trophy Points:
    113
    LOL Nate...you went there.
     
    BrianFromWA, Aug 25, 2010
    #34
  15. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2008
    Messages:
    4,153
    Likes Received:
    47
    Trophy Points:
    48
    Location:
    NoPo
    ahahaha.
     
    Rodolfo, Aug 25, 2010
    #35
  16. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

    Joined:
    Jun 17, 2009
    Messages:
    16,057
    Likes Received:
    4,034
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Tualatin
    17/F/Cali/azn ;]
     
    Eastoff, Aug 25, 2010
    #36
  17. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2008
    Messages:
    4,153
    Likes Received:
    47
    Trophy Points:
    48
    Location:
    NoPo
    want to cyber?;)
     
    Rodolfo, Aug 25, 2010
    #37
  18. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    13,194
    Likes Received:
    6,533
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Gear Finisher
    Location:
    Lebanon, Oregon
    Around Halloween 1994. Spent a couple of hours on a computer at work looking for a Rocky Horror Picture Show audience script.
     
    BlazerWookee, Aug 26, 2010
    #38
  19. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    71,406
    Likes Received:
    60,103
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    N.E.P.
    NEP!!!!!!!!!!
     
    THE HCP, Aug 26, 2010
    #39
  20. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    71,406
    Likes Received:
    60,103
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    N.E.P.
    LOOK! The secret geek language!
     
    THE HCP, Aug 26, 2010
    #40
Page 2 of 3

Share This Page